Must-Eat Food Pop-Ups & Drops in NYC 9.2-9.9
Vegetarians beware, this week’s Must Eats is full of flesh (and a little dessert). No matter your meat of choice, this weekend we have all the varieties - smoked, fried or marinated - chicken, burgers or pork - you can have it all at these pop-ups. And this sausage party is very fitting given it is Labor Day weekend and the unofficial end to cookout season. Summer may or may not be ending, but with the abundance of cookouts, pop-ups and summery dish drops this week, the fun surely isn’t slowing down. Some of NYC’s most exciting chefs are bringing us their best bites, giving us more than one reason to celebrate. Bask in BBQ glory, swarm to some shawarma, jam on some jerk and satisfy your sweet tooth with this week’s Must-Eats.
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Banana Pudding Cruffin
Lower East Side // Available thru 9.3
📸: @supermoonbakehouse
Even though mom wouldn’t ever let us, we are going to start with dessert. Run to Supermoon Bakehouse right now for their latest cruffin. Bite through the sugar-coated crust into flaky, buttery layers that lead to nostalgic banana pudding. This tastes as if your nana did a crash course in pastry at Le Cordon Bleu and elevated her dessert game both literally and figuratively. Homemade vanilla wafers round out this time warp of a pastry that will reactivate your childhood sweet tooth. Find all the info in the 🧨 Drops category on the 8it app.
Cmartys Jerk Labor Day BBQ
Crown Heights // 9.4
📸: @cmartysjerk
Cmarty himself once said, “A pop-up is like throwing your own birthday party,” which explains why every Cmartys Jerk pop-up feels like a party. This Monday will be no different, with Labor Day offering an extra excuse to party, Cmarty will be slinging burgers, jerk chicken, hot links and veggie options at King Tai Bar. With the vibes turned up to such a degree, we couldn’t imagine a better place to be on Labor Day. Find all the info in the 💥 Pop-ups category on the 8it app.
Lev
Bed-Stuy // 9.4
📸: @lev.nyc
Lev is making the most of the three-day weekend, breaking out two shawarma rotisseries for their pop-up on Monday. Chefs Alix Ferguson, Daniel Soskolne and Loren Abramovitch have built Lev up to be one of the most sought after, elusive pop-ups in NYC. You gotta be quick to find when and where they’ll be popping up, but it’s gonna be worth the effort to swarm to this shawarma. Find all the info in the 💥 Pop-ups category on the 8it app.
Pig Island
Staten Island // 9.9
📸: @yeahfoodbeer and @pigislandnyc
NYC’s ultimate barbecue competition, the pinnacle of piggery, the mecca of meat sweats is back at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden on Staten Island next Saturday for its fourteenth year. Pig Island is an event like no other with 20 of the top pitmasters from NYC and beyond competing for smoked meat supremacy. Last year’s winner, Robert Austin Cho of Kimchi Smoke will be back to defend his title while Rib King winner- Bears Smokehouse of Connecticut, BBQs king of trash talk- Smoke Sweats, last year’s Pig Island “Best Bite” winner- Jase Franklyn and many more will be hot on his tail. Find all the info in the💥 Pop-ups category on the 8it app.
Kit An’ Kin
Prospect Park South // 9.3
📸: @kitankin
Labor Day isn’t the only holiday on the cards this weekend. When Kit An’ Kin does brunch, it’s always a holiday. Chef Anya Peters is bringing twists on Caribbean and Southern classic dishes to Mangrove in Flatbush this Sunday. Since they’re doubling up on holidays, it’s only right that doubles eggs benedict, fried escovitch catfish and grits (pictured above), a jerk brunch burger with hash browns and more will feature on the prix fixe brunch menu. Piken’s Mama Juana Hot Sauce will be on every table to bring the heat. Find all the info in the 💥 Pop-ups category on the 8it app.
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